Story Architect vs WriteFreely
Story Architect
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| Figure | Story Architect | WriteFreely |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.17/mo | $6/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 12 | 2 |
| Spec score · Writing Apps | 9.3 (#5) | 8.3 (#47) |
| Purpose | Story Architect is an all-in-one writing app for screenplays, comics, plays, books and other story forms organized in a shared project bible. | WriteFreely is free, open source software for publishing a personal blog or a writing community on the web. |
| Support | The pricing FAQ directs users to [email protected] for help. | Help is primarily community-provided through the forum; paid one-time and ongoing support is available for self-hosters. |
Plans
Story Architect
- FreeFree
- Pro$4.17 a month
- Creator$8.34 a month
- AI credits 50$10 a month
- AI credits 200$30 a month
- AI credits 500$60 a month
- AI credits 1000$100 a month
- AI credits 50$10, paid once
- AI credits 200$30, paid once
- AI credits 500$60, paid once
WriteFreely
- WriteFreely (self-hosted software)Free
- Write.as personal blog hosting (managed WriteFreely hosting)$6 a month
In their own words
Story Architect
Story Architect is a writing app for screenplays, comics, plays, books and other story forms, organized around a shared project bible. Its Free plan allows unlimited projects and documents per project, with basic writing, character, location and world tools. Pro adds mind maps, an image gallery, presentations, a corkboard, a timeline and five AI credits per month when billed annually. The AI assistant can paraphrase, summarize, expand or shorten text, translate, insert text between paragraphs, or generate text from a prompt; these actions use credits. Creator adds real-time collaboration and 5 GB of cloud storage. Story Architect supports offline use on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. It imports KIT Scenarist, Final Draft, Celtx, Trelby, TXT, ODT, DOCX and Fountain files, and exports DOCX, PDF, FDX and Fountain. Desktop-to-mobile project synchronization remains in development, with manual file transfer documented instead. Pro costs $4.17 a month billed annually; Creator costs $8.34 a month billed annually.
WriteFreely
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